1981 in animation
The year 1981 in animation involved some events.
Events
February
- February 13: Ralph Bakshi's American Pop is first released.
March
- March 31: 53rd Academy Awards: Ferenc Rofusz' The Fly wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[1]
April
- April 3: The first episode of Willo the Wisp is broadcast.
July
- July 10: Ted Berman, Richard Rich and Art Stevens' The Fox and the Hound, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.
August
- August 7: Gerald Potterton's Heavy Metal premiers and becomes a cult classic.
September
- September 12: The first episode of The Smurfs, based on Belgian comics artist Peyo's eponymous comics series The Smurfs, is broadcast.
- September 16: The first episode of Postman Pat is broadcast. The series ran until 2017.
- September 28: The first episode of Danger Mouse is broadcast.
October
- October 14: The first episode of the Urusei Yatsura anime series is broadcast, which consists of two 12-minute stories, I'm Lum-chan the Notorious! and It's Raining Oil All Over Town.[2]
December
- December 25: Stig Lasseby and Jan Gissberg's Peter-No-Tail is released.[3]
Specific date unknown
- The first Disney on Ice shows are organized.[4]
Films released
Television series
Deaths
January
- January 18: Manuel Perez, Mexican-American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Bill Melendez Productions, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera, Fritz the Cat), dies at age 66.
February
- February 12: Lev Atamanov, Armenian-Russian animator and film director (The Scarlet Flower, The Snow Queen, The Key), dies at age 75.
- February 20: Bernard B. Brown, American sound engineer and composer (Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 82.
- February 22: Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera) and comics writer, dies at age 73 from cancer.
March
- March 16: Bill Baucom, American actor (voice of Trusty in Lady and the Tramp), dies at age 70.
- March 26: Hal Adelquist, American animator, animation producer and storyboard writer (Walt Disney Company), passes away at age 66.[5]
- Specific date in March unknown: Richard Loederer, aka Dick Loederer, American comics writer, comics artist and animation art director (worked for Amedee J. Van Beuren), dies at age 86 or 87. [6]
April
- April 16: Bernice Hansen, American voice actress (Tillie Tiger in Elmer Elephant, Petunia Pig, Cookie in the Buddy series, Little Kitty in 1930s Warner Bros. shorts, continued the voice of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Andy Panda), dies at age 83.
- April 23: Vivie Risto, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 78.[7]
- April 24: Howard Purcell, American comics artist, writer and animator, dies at age 62.[8]
June
- June 4: Ray Abrams, American animator and director (Walt Disney Company, MGM Studios, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 75.
- June 19: Lotte Reiniger, German film director and animator (The Adventures of Prince Achmed), dies at age 82.[9]
July
- July 4: Stephen Bosustow, Canadian-American animator (Ub Iwerks, Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Company) and animated film producer (UPA, Gerald McBoing Boing, Mr. Magoo, Bosustow Entertainment, Sesame Street), dies at age 69.[10]
October
- October 15: Frank de Kova, American voice actor (voice of Angie in Heavy Traffic, Managan in Coonskin and Old Vinnie in Hey Good Lookin'), dies at age 71.[11]
November
- November 12: Ralph Heimdahl, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, made comics based on Bugs Bunny too), passes away at age 72.[12]
- November 25: Jack Albertson, American actor, comedian and singer (voice of Amos Slade in The Fox and the Hound), dies at age 74.
December
- December 27: Hoagy Carmichael, American singer, songwriter and actor (played himself in The Flintstones episode The Hit Song Writers), dies at age 82.
See also
References
- "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- "Episodes 1-21". Furinkan.com. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- "Pelle Svanslös (1981) - SFdb". Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Schneider Farris, Jo Ann. "Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies". About Figureskating. About.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- "MMC Crew: Hal Adelquist". www.originalmmc.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/loederer_dick.htm
- "Vivie Risto". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Howard Purcell". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Schönfeld, Christiane (2006). Practicing Modernity: Female Creativity in the Weimar Republic. Konigshausen & Neumann. p. 174.
- "Stephen Bosustow". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- "Frank de Kova". The New York Times.
- "Ralph Heimdahl". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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